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With the countdown to the holiday break in full effect, we wanted to make sure all of our fantastic followers are well equipped to bring the holiday cheer. Show off your hospitality and bartending skills with the below list of holiday cocktails that will be sure to wow your friends and family.

MKTG is proud to be a part of this year’s World Class Training Labs. World Class Labs serve as both workshop and playground where bartenders explore the industry’s most relevant topics and practice new skills, all with the guidance of bartending luminaries. The Labs’ purpose is to honor, elevate and extend the craft of bartending, and the passion for it, throughout the industry. The Labs provide a platform for our Reserve brands to participate and provide “Best in Class” Training to the trade community.

A one day, 3 session, skills and brand training event leverages existing brand training content such as Tanqueray “classics and Ketel One “Food Pairing.” Each training lab features World Class talent from either US, Global Markets, or Experts who also run seminars on relevant topics such as the Art of Presentation. Attendance at any of the World Class Training Labs satisfies the learning requirement for entering the World Class competition.

During the brand sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about some of the world’s most premium liquors. While learning about Don Julio, Ambassador and participants will travel to a local farm where a local farmer will lead a seminar on fresh ingredients. Ketel One participants will enjoy a hands on food pairing training session while Zacapa Rum participants will sit in on The Art of Show – Unlocking Flavor brand education.

The World Class Training Lab program began in early September and will continue through early February in several US Markets. Take a look below at photos from previous markets and stay tuned to MKTG’s social channels for photo updates as the program continues!

Just after we moved in to our new HQ in New York City this summer, several MKTG’ers have received mysterious love letters directly from our shared printers located around the office.

How are they anonymous, you ask?

Well, the shared printers don’t require a login when scanning a document directly to an email address. When you receive a scan, the sender is the specific printer that the scan comes from (i.e., Canon 2). There’s no indication of who sent it or when it was sent.

F!ZZ, PepsiCo’s’ newest, most innovative line of soda drinks made its show-stopping debut this past weekend at Maker Faire 2015. F!ZZ is a new way PepsiCo is looking at the future of carbonated-soft drink mixology, which they call “Fizzology,” that combines unique and unexpected flavors and ingredients to create an elevated and immersive consumer beverage experience.

Whether Maker Faire goers were attracted to the sleek & inviting, Willy Wonka-esque structure, the millions of bubbles that were being released over the course of the weekend or the upbeat music that was bumping and entertaining the consistent line of consumers eager to try F!ZZ, the popularity of the space surpassed all expectations.

The Experience:

Brand Ambassadors greeted Makers as they approached the entrance ramp and queued up groups of 10 to begin the experience. They began their sensorial journey by smelling flavored scent pipes which tied back to F!ZZ beverages that were offered. Consumers had the option to choose one of the six drinks that most appealed to them.

Each of the beverages began with a Pepsi-base pour, either Sierra Mist, Mountain Dew, Manzanita Sol or Pepsi and included unique toppings such as green apple cotton candy, strawberry pop rocks and watermelon foam to name a few. One of the most popular drinks of the weekend was the “Hulk Smash”. The Hulk Smash was made up of Mountain Dew with a lime flavor shot, coconut milk and was topped with frozen lime syrup threads, pop rocks and raspberry foam.

Once the consumer settled on a drink, the group of 10 headed over to the “Fizz Ed” station where they learned to make frozen strawberry and lime “dots” using liquid nitrogen. They also were able to sample the dots that they helped make which was a fun and tasty experience had by consumers of all ages. Once they completed their lesson, they headed over to the Pepsi Spire station to fill up their beaker with their base pours & flavor shots. Following that, they brought their beaker over to one of the “Fizzologists” who then finished off their drink with their designated toppings and “re-FIZZED” their drink with added carbonation.

The bubbles and buzz around F!ZZ not only attracted Maker Faire attendees but the Maker Faire Executive team as well. F!ZZ Grab Life by the Bubbles powered by PepsiCo took home the blue ribbon by winning the “Maker Faire Editors Choice Award” for our outstanding activation. This was just the introduction of F!ZZ and we’re excited to be a part of the F!ZZ movement and experience what the future of F!ZZ holds!

In keeping with our health and wellness initiative for September, we decided it would be a fun twist to have an office smoothie challenge! We had everyone submit their favorite smoothie recipes, complete with a creative name, for a chance to win a prize AND have the entire office try the winning submissions! These three took the crown:

To celebrate MKTG’s new global Headquarters and to kick-off the football season, MKTG and TopSpin Charity welcomed clients, influencers and employees for a casual evening of fun, food and football! We streamed the NFL kick-off game and soccer player, Olympic Gold medalist, and World Cup Champion Alex Morgan even stopped by to say hello! Take a look at the photos from this amazing night below!

The world’s largest vodka brand continued their efforts to shun the pretentious vibes that has consumed the vodka category and be the brand leading the way for social inclusivity. Continuing of the momentum from their “Exclusively for Everybody” campaign launch, a massive EDM partnership with Live Nation tied the knot with what is one of the least pretentious communities. Smirnoff and MKTG Inc. did not waste any time and created the Rendezvous meet-up spot consumer experience seeking to build authentic relationships with Millennials by genuinely enhancing their festival experience. First up on the schedule, the Super Bowl of EDM festivals…

400,000+ dance music fans from all across the world gathered at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in June to dance from dusk till dawn at the Electric Daisy Carnival. Insomniac’s annual flagship event has grown into the western hemisphere’s largest EDM festival and this year’s event featured eight brand new stages that were curated specifically to offer different sounds from 150 Top DJs from across the world including: Hardwell, Above & Beyond, Bassnectar and many more.

The Rendezvous’ was the perfect place to Refresh, Recharge & Reunite for all 21+ ravers, which made waiting for your tardy friends much more enjoyable. Refresh stations and charging pods let guests clean up and charge their phones while they sipped on custom EDC themed cocktails. Custom designed red bandanas were given out to guests and professional body artists enhanced looks with UV owl art. The shuffle stage gave fans a large platform to show off their moves which were projected to thousands of folks walking the Rainbow Road strip on LED screens outside the entrance. When everyone’s crew finally made it to the meet-up spot, a group photo in front of the Smirnoff daisy filled eyebrow and red cup art installation was a must before heading back out into the Madness. After 3 nights filled with fuzzy boots, fireworks and desert sunrises the kickoff to a busy year filled with 20+ major EDM music festivals was well underway.

Keep an eye out at your next EDM festival for the Smirnoff Rendezvous and have your crew meet-up with us there.

The 50 Tour: Champions of the Bay Presented by Chevronis the Host Committee’s mobile exhibit designed to celebrate the history of the Bay Area’s championship teams, the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers. Our MKTG SF team is thrilled to be a part of this and get people pumped up for “the biggest Super Bowl the NFL ever celebrated, and one that will be uniquely Bay Area!”

What’s on tap at the 50 Tour

Champions Row: Eight Bay Area Super Bowl Vince Lombardi Trophies will be on display – five from the San Francisco 49ers and three from the Oakland Raiders – with photo montages capturing the championship wins. The 50 Tour will be the first time that all eight championship trophies will be displayed together.

The Chevron STEM Zone: An initiative to promote higher education in science, technology, engineering, and math, the Chevron STEM Zone will invite Tour visitors to learn more about the science of football. Together, Chevron and the 49ers Foundation have donated $4 million dedicated to providing engaging STEM curriculum for Santa Clara area students.

Super Bowl High School Honor Roll: This 50 Tour Super Bowl High School Honor Roll display will feature the greater Bay Area high schools and communities that have contributed to Super Bowl history, highlighting 99 players and coaches from the greater Bay Area region.

PLAY 60, Play On: Produced in partnership with the NFL Foundation, this interactive play zone will include an NFL PLAY 60 obstacle course, football-themed play extravaganza’s led by Playworks and an Imagination Playground – an innovative play system that inspires children’s creativity. In partnership with KaBOOM!, Playworks, and U.S. Fund For UNICEF, Play 60, Play On will bring physically active, imaginative and interactive play to children where they are.

The Re(a)d Zone: This family-friendly space will encourage a love for reading with access to thousands of digital titles and learning games and NFL players and Legends and other local celebrities hosting reading hours as part of the Host Committee’s early literacy initiative focused on increasing third-grade proficiency throughout the Bay Area.

Autograph Sessions: Fans will have the opportunity to meet current and former NFL players, as well as other Bay Area champions.

Event kicks off new series of intimate dinner parties toasting top NYC media and entertainment figures, in partnership with TheWrap, produced by MKTG for Diageo’s Zacapa Rum

E! host Terrence Jenkins raises a Zacapa Rum toast to guest of honor Lala Anthony, as Diageo’s Keenan Towns looks on, at the first Zacapa Room and TheWrap dinner party in NYC on Thursday night, August 27. (credit: Shannon Sturgis)

It’s not always lonely at the top.

E! News host Terrence J gathered 30 intimates on an NYC rooftop overlooking the Empire State Building for a special evening honoring former MTV VMA Lala Anthony on Thursday night. Anthony, star of 50 Cent’s Starz series “Power,” wrapped filming on Season 2 of the show two weeks ago.

For Lala and Terrence, the two have a long history together. In addition to co-starring in the “Think Like a Man” franchise and both gaining fame as hosts of live daily pop culture shows (Terrence on BET’s “106th and Park”, Lala as an MTV VJ on “TRL” and “Direct Effect”), Mrs. Carmelo Anthony would have you believe their bond goes back to the womb.

Every summer, we in Atlanta partake in one of our most anticipated days of the year – FUNN DAY! (So much Fun we added another N). This annual office outing has taken on many forms both on land and on water. The various activities have always been part of FUNN Day’s uniqueness and charm.

This year we headed to the brand new TopGolf Atlanta Midtown – the second such facility in the metro area. TopGolf has become a wildly popular social golf entertainment center with locations popping up all over the country at a seemingly rapid rate – and we got to see why, first hand, how it can produce a memorable office outing. As they put it: Just picture a larger-than-life-sized outdoor dartboard – but for golf. And for a little friendly rivalry, the high-tech balls instantly score each shot’s accuracy and distance.

Everyone split into the various stations we had reserved and then the competition was on! With six players per hitting bay and some rounds of cold beverages on a warm summer day, everyone had a great time away from the office. Check out the pictures of our FUNN event and we encourage you to get out of the office when you can!